Word: boycott
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...good on his promise to call the federal grand jury to investigate a possible violation of civil rights by Birmingham's police force. Six weeks ago Birmingham's cops arrested three Negro ministers from Montgomery who were caught talking with local Negro leaders about a possible bus boycott, charged them with vagrancy. Said Birmingham's police chief, Eugene Connor, who refused even to discuss the case with FBI agents: "I haven't got any damn apology to the FBI or anybody else. Maybe I just didn't tell the FBI what Rogers wanted...
...someone had clearly been doing political homework. Most of the evidence pointed to ousted Premier Abdullah Khalil. Strongly anti-Nasser, Khalil had been having difficulties. Bedeviled by rising prices, by an economic boycott on the part of Egypt and a growing surplus...
...boycott of a struck firm's products is a familiar union tactic. Last week 250 striking workers at Q-Tips Inc., a manufacturer of cotton-tipped swabs in Long Island City, N.Y., tried a neat switch-about...
Taking ads in New York City newspapers, the strikers, who want a 10?-an-hour increase, pleaded: "Don't boycott Q-Tips -buy them please. If your druggist says he is out, ask him to order more. We want you to create such a demand-such a backlog of orders-that our employer will have to open the plant and call us back to work...
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.--The U.N. Political Committee voted last night to set up a study group on outer space despite the Soviet Union's announced intention to boycott...